Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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Yosemite Aug 20th [1870] Dear friend Mrs Carr, I have just returned from a ten days ramble with Prof Le Conte & his students in the beyond & Oh we have had a most glorious season of terrestrial grace I do wish I could ramble ten days of equal size in very heaven that I could compare its scenery with that of Bloody Canon & the Tuolumne Meadows & Lake T[illegible] & that Dana Our first camp after leaving the valley was at Eagle Point overlooking the valley on the north side from which a much better general view of the valley & the high crest of the Sierra beyond is obtained than from Inspiration Point There we watched the long shadows of sunset upon the living map at our feet & in the later darkness half silvered by the moon went far out of human cares & human civilization, Our next camp was at Lake T[illegible] one of the countless multitudes of starry gems that make this topmost mountain land to sparkle like a sky, After moonrise Le Conte & I walked to the lakeshore & climbed upon a big sofa shaped rock that stood [illegible]let like a little way out in the shallow water & here we found another bounteous throne of00519
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
1870 Aug 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0319-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0319
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
